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100

The three wildland fire leadership values and principles

What are duty respect and integrity

100

The length you must wait after a thunderstorm has passed before you can resume work

What is 30 minutes

100

wasatch, chinook, and north winds

what are foehn winds

100

MIST

What is Minimum impact strategy tactics (minimal impact suppression tactics)

100

MIR

What is medical incident report

200

leaders intent, what is it?

What is task, purpose, and end state

200

Name three hazard tree indicators

What are burned trees, high risk species, numerous down trees, (dead, broken, or burning tops, and limbs overhead), downed limbs, (absence of needles bark or limbs), leaning or hung up trees.

200

visual estimate of surface wind speed, also known as as

What is the Beaufort scale

200

What must be done before approaching heavy equipment?

What is make eye contact with the operator, the blade or the boom is lowered, and the equipment is idled down.

200

ABC

What is airways, breathing, and circulation

300

Name three kinds of debriefings gone over in the L-280 course

What are standar AAR(IRPG), PLOWS, chainsaw AAR, high low buffalo, hotwash.

300

The length you should stay away from an area that is contain suspected UXO

What is 1,000ft

300

Name the four critical weather elements in regards to red flag warnings

What is low rh, unstable air, strong surface wind speed, and drought

300

Approximately how much water in gallons does 100 feet of 1 1/2 inch hose hold?

What is 9 gallons

300

The rate of compressions when performing cpr is what?

What is 100-120 per minute

400

What does PLOWS stand for

What is plan, leadership, obstacles, weaknesses, and strengths.

400

Individuals may turn down an assignment as unsafe when? (Four bullet points)

What is there is a violation of safe work practices, environmental conditions make the work unsafe, they lack necessary quals or experience, and defective equipment is being used.

400

A high mixing height supports what?

What is warmer, drier, and windier conditions at the surface.

400

The rated pressure (psi) for the pump on a type 3 engine?

What is 250psi

400

Five symptoms of heat related illness

What are, profuse sweating with warm or cool clammy skin leading to hot dry skin, muscle cramps, dizziness headache and irritability, rapid weak pulse, vomiting, mental status change, loss of consciousness.

500

Name the four critical components of the leadership environment

What are your people, the leader, the task, and consequences

500

Name the two common hazardous gases firefighters may encounter

What are Methane and hydrogen sulfide gas

500

ERC and what does it measure?

What is energy release component, and it serves as a good indicator of local seasonal fire danger trends resulting from the cumulative drying of fuels over days and weeks. They depend heavily on slower drying 100hr and 1,000hr fuels

500

What does the acronym PAUSE stand for when posting on social media?

What is perception, authority, understanding, safety, and expectation 

500

How many degrees does your body typically raise when hiking into a fire?

What is 1-2 degrees from pre hike level